You are not going to successfully oppose a major planning application alone. You will be relying heavily on the people around you. So don’t decide to campaign alone, but involve those people in the decision who will be working on your campaign. The views of local people have always been an integral part of the planning proces. Public opinion can be the key deciding factor in any planning application, and by collecting support from members of your community, you are increasing your chances of the planning application getting rejected. Now your job is to get people to add their voice to yours.

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Speak to the people in your community to inform them on the issue. This can be done through a petition, letters and leaflets, community notice boards, Resident Associations and Community Groups.

Keep a track of all people who support your position. Ask them for their names, addresses and phone numbers as you will need these later. Keep of track of people who support the development too. Mobilising support early doors will set your campaign up for success. You may also discover that neighbours have skills, energy and resources they may wish to contribute to your cause.

Developers will be keeping on file names and addresses of supporters in view of contacting them once the application is submitted and encouraging them to write in and support the planning application.

It is accepted wisdom that people are more likely to get involve in things they oppose than support and therefore a planning committee member will expect a larger number of objectors than supporters. When the time comes for a public consultation, you will want fellow objectors writing to the planning committee to register their objections. Put simply it is a numbers game and you want to win convincingly.

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